Main Body of NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Arrives at JPL

Main Body of NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft Arrives at JPL

Mission launch is scheduled for 2024

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Applied Physics Laboratory, or APL) delivered the main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, where assembly, test, and launch operations are underway. The structure, which is a huge component of the spacecraft, hosts electronics, radios, cabling, and the propulsion system. The June 1, 2022, arrival of the propulsion module marks a major milestone in Clipper's journey.

Clipper will conduct a detailed survey to determine whether Jupiter’s icy moon Europa harbors conditions suitable for life. The spacecraft, in orbit around Jupiter, will make nearly 50 flybys of Europa, shifting its flight path for each time to soar over a different location so that it eventually scans nearly the entire moon.

Over the next two years, engineers will assemble and perform rigorous checkout and testing before the spacecraft is shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida. It is expected to launch to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa in 2024. 

More About the Europa Clipper Mission

Missions, such as Europa Clipper, contribute to the field of astrobiology—the interdisciplinary research on the variables and conditions of distant worlds that could harbor life as we know it. While Europa Clipper is not a life-detection mission, it will conduct detailed reconnaissance of Europa and investigate whether the icy moon, with its subsurface ocean, has the capability to support life. Understanding Europa’s habitability will help scientists better understand how life developed on Earth and the potential for finding life beyond our planet.

Managed by Caltech in Pasadena, California, JPL leads the development of the Europa Clipper mission in partnership with the Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The Planetary Missions Program Office at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, executes program management of the Europa Clipper mission.

Download Europa Clipper Ocean World poster: go.nasa.gov/3Gsjzt5

For more information on the mission go to: https://europa.nasa.gov/

Credit: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)/Caltech /Johns Hopkins APL

Duration: 49 seconds

Release Date: June 6, 2022

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NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket Returns to Launch Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis I Moon Rocket Returns to Launch Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Artemis I Moon rocket and mobile launcher—carried atop the crawler-transporter 2—can be seen following their arrival at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on June 6, 2022. The rocket rolled out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in the early morning hours to travel the 4.2 miles to the launch pad for NASA’s next wet dress rehearsal attempt ahead of the Artemis I launch. 

The first in an increasingly complex series of missions, Artemis I will test the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft as an integrated system prior to crewed flights to the Moon. Through Artemis, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the lunar surface, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and using the Moon as a steppingstone before venturing to Mars. 

Artemis I launch is currently scheduled for 2022.

Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.  It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

Learn more about Artemis I at:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

NASA's Orion Spacecraft

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html

Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Image Date: June 6, 2022

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NASA Spacesuits—Going Outside & Exploring the Future | Johnson Space Center

NASA Spacesuits—Going Outside & Exploring the Future | Johnson Space Center

What will it take to get humanity further into the cosmos? . . . The spacesuits they wear, of course! From the surface of the Moon to the International Space Station, American astronauts have been suiting up to explore for over fifty years. With Mars on the horizon, the next generation of spacesuits will propel us to a new future of learning, exploration, and discovery.

https://www.nasa.gov/suitup

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Duration: 2 minutes, 10 seconds

Release Date: June 6, 2022

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To Space and Back: The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin

To Space and Back: The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin 

The life-changing journey of the NS21 crew.

Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Meet the New Shepard NS-21 crew: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American to fly to space. 

Learn more at BlueOrigin.com

Credit: Blue Origin

Duration: 1 minute, 43 seconds

Release Date: June 6, 2022

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NASA's Mars Perseverance & Curiosity Rovers—New June 2022 Images | JPL

NASA's Mars Perseverance & Curiosity Rovers—New June 2022 Images | JPL

MSL - Sol 3492 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Sol 3494 - Mastcam

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

MSL - Damaged wheel - MAHLI - Sol 3492 

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/Thomas Appéré

Mars2020 - Perseverance - MastCam-Z - Sol 458

NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/PipploIMP

Mars2020 - Sol 459 - Mastcam-Z

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Kevin M. Gill

Mars2020 - White Rocks - Sol 456

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Thomas Appéré

Perseverance Rover Update:

Perseverance has continued into Hawksbill Gap, making remote sensing observations of small portions of outcropping rock layers in search of a good place to collect a sample. Since Perseverance is in the Shenandoah quadrangle, we are using target names from Shenandoah National Park. Some of the names this past week included “Bald_Face_Mountain,” “Little_Devil_Stairs,” “Sunset_Hill,” “Luck_Hollow,” and “Moody_Creek.” Perseverance logged nearly 400 meters of driving progress for the week of May 15-21, accumulating a total distance since landing of over 11.8 km as of Sol 446.

Caption Credit: Eleni Ravanis, Student Collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Release Date: June 2, 2022

Curiosity Rover Update: Sols 3493-3495

"We’re up close to a nifty layered outcrop, which is getting lots of imaging including ChemCam LIBS on targets ‘Rukumata’ and ‘Guarico,' a ChemCam mosaic on ‘Kamakusa,’ MAHLI dogs-eye imaging of ‘Tabaco’ and the DRT location ‘Issano,’ which will also have APXS on it. Mastcam will also be imaging Issano pre- and post-DRT for comparison, and taking a mosaic of the outcrop as a whole. Off the outcrop, ChemCam is also doing LIBS on ‘Sisipelin,’ which Mastcam will also image, and ChemCam and Mastcam are both taking mosaics further afield towards the Gediz Vallis Ridge."

"Imaging the crater rim can help us to characterize the amount of dust in the atmosphere, which is especially important in the dusty season. Aside from the crater rim observations, we are also trying to catch dust devils with a dust devil survey and movie, keeping an eye on the clouds with a few cloud movies, and taking Mastcam tau observations as an additional way to quantify the amount of dust in the atmosphere."

"After this marathon of observations, we’ll drive about 30 m further and finish up the weekend with a morning ENV block with our weekly AM cloud and dust observations."

Caption Credit: Alex Innanen  

Release Date: June 4, 2022

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

Mission Name: Mars Science Laboratory (MSL)

Rover Name: Curiosity

Main Job: To determine if Mars was ever habitable to microbial life. 

Launch: November 6, 2011

Landing: August 5, 2012, Gale Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Arizona State University/Thomas Appéré/Kevin M. Gill/PipploIMP

Image Release Dates: June 4-6, 2022

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NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket WDR Rollout Part 2 | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis I Moon Rocket WDR Rollout Part 2 | Kennedy Space Center

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher are in view in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on June 3, 2022. All of the work platforms have been retracted. The crawler-transporter, driven by engineers, is under the Artemis I stack atop the mobile launcher. It will carry it to Launch Complex 39B for another wet dress rehearsal (WDR) test this week ahead of the Artemis I launch. Artemis I will be the first integrated test of the SLS and the Orion spacecraft. 

Artemis I launch is currently scheduled for launch in 2022.

The first in a series of increasingly complex missions, Artemis I will be an uncrewed flight test that will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration, and demonstrate NASA's commitment and capability to extend human existence to the Moon and beyond.  It will travel 280,000 miles from Earth, thousands of miles beyond the Moon over the course of about a three-week mission. Orion will stay in space longer than any ship for astronauts has done without docking to a space station and return home faster and hotter than ever before.

On the Artemis III Mission, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the surface of the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar presence and serving as a steppingstone on the way to Mars. 

Learn more about Artemis I at:

NASA's Artemis Program:

https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

https://www.nasa.gov/artemis-1

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

NASA's Space Launch System (SLS)

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html

NASA's Orion Spacecraft

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/orion/about/index.html

Image Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson

Image Date: June 3, 2022

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Hubble Investigates Enigmatic Globular Cluster Ruprecht 106

Hubble Investigates Enigmatic Globular Cluster Ruprecht 106

Like Sherlock Holmes’s magnifying glass writ large, the NASA/European Space Agency (ESA) Hubble Space Telescope has been used to peer into an astronomical mystery in search of clues. The enigma in question concerns the globular cluster Ruprecht 106, which is pictured in this image. While the constituent stars of globular clusters all formed at approximately the same location and time, it turns out that almost all globular clusters contain groups of stars with distinct chemical compositions. These distinct chemical fingerprints are left by groups of stars with very slightly different ages or compositions from the rest of the cluster. A tiny handful of globular clusters do not possess these multiple populations of stars, and Ruprecht 106 is a member of this enigmatic group.

Hubble captured this star-studded image using one of its most versatile instruments; the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Much like the stars in globular clusters, Hubble’s instruments also have distinct generations: ACS is a third generation instrument which replaced the original Faint Object Camera in 2002. Some of Hubble’s other instruments have also gone through three iterations: the Wide Field Camera 3 replaced the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) during the final servicing mission to Hubble. WFPC2 itself replaced the original Wide Field and Planetary Camera, which was installed on Hubble at launch. 

Astronauts on NASA's Space Shuttle serviced Hubble in orbit a total of five times, and were able to either upgrade aging equipment or replace instruments with newer, more capable versions. This high-tech tinkering in low Earth orbit has helped keep Hubble at the cutting edge of astronomy for more than three decades.

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Dotter

Release Date: June 6, 2022

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NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Captures A Rock's "Balancing Act"

NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Captures A Rock's "Balancing Act"

Can you spot the small Mars rock sitting atop a larger one in this raw unprocessed image?

This is another interesting curiosity on the surface of Mars in Jezero Crater.

Image Date: Sol 459: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, imaged at 10:09:11.660 (local mean solar time)

Perseverance Rover Update:

Perseverance has continued into Hawksbill Gap, making remote sensing observations of small portions of outcropping rock layers in search of a good place to collect a sample. Since Perseverance is in the Shenandoah quadrangle, we are using target names from Shenandoah National Park. Some of the names this past week included “Bald_Face_Mountain,” “Little_Devil_Stairs,” “Sunset_Hill,” “Luck_Hollow,” and “Moody_Creek.” Perseverance logged nearly 400 meters of driving progress for the week of May 15-21, accumulating a total distance since landing of over 11.8 km as of Sol 446.

Caption Credit: Eleni Ravanis, Student Collaborator at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Release Date: June 2, 2022

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for possible return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020    

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit mars.nasa.gov

Image Credit: NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory/Caltech/Arizona State University

Special Thanks to Perseverance Image Bot and Niraj Sanghvi

Image Date: Sol 459: Left Mastcam-Z Camera, imaged at 10:09:11.660 (local mean solar time)

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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NASA Lunar Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up | Artemis

NASA Lunar Gateway’s Propulsion System Testing Throttles Up | Artemis

The powerhouse of Gateway, NASA's planned orbiting outpost around the Moon and a critical piece of infrastructure for the Artemis Program, is in the midst of several electric propulsion system tests.

The Power and Propulsion Element (PPE), being manufactured by Maxar Technologies, provides Gateway with power, high-rate communications, and propulsion for maneuvers around the Moon and to transit between different orbits. The PPE will be combined with the Habitation and Logistic Outpost (HALO) before the integrated spacecraft's launch, targeted for late 2024 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Together, these elements will serve as the hub for early Gateway crewed operations and various science and technology demonstrations as the full Gateway station is assembled around it in the coming years.

In this image from April 2022, PPE engineers successfully tested the integration of Aerojet Rocketdyne’s thruster with Maxar’s power procession unit and Xenon Flow Controller.

Learn more about NASA's Gateway:

https://www.nasa.gov/gateway

Learn more about NASA's Artemis Program: https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis

Read the Artemis Plan (74-page PDF Free Download): 

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf

Image Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Rocket Launch | Full HD Video

China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Rocket Launch | Full HD Video

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: CNSpace/China Central Television (CCTV)

Duration: 46 seconds

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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Liftoff of China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Y14 Rocket

Liftoff of China's Shenzhou-14 Long March-2F Y14 Rocket

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 35 seconds

Release Date: June 5, 2022

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Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station.

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first.

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Video Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)/Xinhua

Duration: 3 minutes, 18 seconds

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Farewell Ceremony for China's Shenzhou-14 Crew

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Cai Xuzhe, Chen Dong, and Liu Yang

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts: Foreground: Commander Chen Dong and in the background Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Cai Xuzhe, Chen Dong, and Liu Yang

Astronaut motorcade to Long March-2F Y14 rocket launch pad at Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia

Chinese Shenzhou-14 astronauts (from left to right) Liu Yang, Commander Chen Dong (middle), and Cai Xuzhe as they enter the Shenzhou-14 crew spacecraft atop the Long March-2F Y14 rocket

China's first woman in space returns for 2nd mission to Tiangong Space Station. 

China successfully launched its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022, from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket.

Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first. 

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth.

Image Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)/Xinhua

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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Launch Ready: China's Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

Launch Ready: China's Shenzhou-14 Astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang & Cai Xuzhe

China will launch its Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station on Sunday, June 5, 2022. Blast off is scheduled for 10:44 a.m. Beijing Time from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Inner Mongolia on a Long March-2F Y14 rocket. Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang, and Cai Xuzhe will be on a six-month long duration mission. Liu became the first Chinese woman in space during the Shenzhou-9 Mission in 2012. Shenzhou-14 represents the second space mission for Chen Dong and Liu Yang. Cai Xuzhe is on his first. 

Following the launch of Shenzhou-14, the lab module Wentian is scheduled to arrive in July 2022, the lab module Mengtian in October, and then the Tianzhou-5 cargo craft and the Shenzhou-15 crew mission spacecraft later this year. The Wentian and Mengtian lab modules will provide larger platforms for scientific experiments in microgravity. Nearly 100 experiments are planned during the construction phase of China's space station. After operations are normalized, larger-scale scientific research will be conducted. This is expected to effectively promote breakthroughs in major frontier scientific fields, such as dark matter and dark energy, galaxy formation and evolution, laws about the nature of matter, as well as in sustainable development on Earth. 

Credit: China Global Television Network (CGTN)

Duration: 1 minute, 56 seconds

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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The Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-21 Webcast Replay

The Blue Origin New Shepard Mission NS-21 Webcast Replay

Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight on Saturday, June 4, 2022. The astronaut crew included: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American to fly to space.

Learn more at BlueOrigin.com

Credit: Blue Origin

Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin

The New Shepard NS-21 Mission Crew | Blue Origin

Blue Origin successfully completed its fifth human spaceflight on Saturday, June 4, 2022. Meet the New Shepard NS-21 crew: Evan Dick, Katya Echazarreta, Hamish Harding, Victor Correa Hespanha, Jaison Robinson, and Victor Vescovo. Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman and the youngest American to fly to space.

Credit: Blue Origin

Duration: 2 minutes

Release Date: June 4, 2022

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